¹وفي تلك الايام جاء يوحنا المعمدان يكرز في برية اليهودية.

¹And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

²قائلا توبوا لانه قد اقترب ملكوت السموات.

²Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

³فان هذا هو الذي قيل عنه باشعياء النبي القائل صوت صارخ في البرية اعدوا طريق الرب. اصنعوا سبله مستقيمة.

³For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

⁴ويوحنا هذا كان لباسه من وبر الابل وعلى حقويه منطقة من جلد. وكان طعامه جرادا وعسلا بريا.

⁴Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁵حينئذ خرج اليه اورشليم وكل اليهودية وجميع الكورة المحيطة بالاردن.

⁵Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan;

⁶واعتمدوا منه في الاردن معترفين بخطاياهم

⁶and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁷فلما رأى كثيرين من الفريسيين والصدوقيين ياتون الى معموديته قال لهم يا اولاد الافاعي من اراكم ان تهربوا من الغضب الآتي.

⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

⁸فاصنعوا اثمارا تليق بالتوبة.

⁸Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

⁹ولا تفتكروا ان تقولوا في انفسكم لنا ابراهيم ابا. لاني اقول لكم ان الله قادر ان يقيم من هذه الحجارة اولادا لابراهيم.

⁹and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

¹⁰والآن قد وضعت الفاس على اصل الشجر. فكل شجرة لا تصنع ثمرا جيدا تقطع وتلقى في النار.

¹⁰And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

¹¹انا اعمدكم بماء للتوبة. ولكن الذي يأتي بعدي هو اقوى مني الذي لست اهلا ان احمل حذاءه. هو سيعمدكم بالروح القدس ونار.

¹¹I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:

¹²الذي رفشه في يده وسينقي بيدره ويجمع قمحه الى المخزن. واما التبن فيحرقه بنار لا تطفأ

¹²whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

¹³حينئذ جاء يسوع من الجليل الى الاردن الى يوحنا ليعتمد منه.

¹³Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

¹⁴ولكن يوحنا منعه قائلا انا محتاج ان اعتمد منك وانت تأتي اليّ.

¹⁴But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

¹⁵فاجاب يسوع وقال له اسمح الآن. لانه هكذا يليق بنا ان نكمل كل بر. حينئذ سمح له.

¹⁵But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

¹⁶فلما اعتمد يسوع صعد للوقت من الماء. واذا السموات قد انفتحت له فرأى روح الله نازلا مثل حمامة وآتيا عليه.

¹⁶And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

¹⁷وصوت من السموات قائلا هذا هو ابني الحبيب الذي به سررت

¹⁷and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.